Nortel Networks OPTera Metro 3500, NTRN10AN User Manual

NTRN10AN

Nortel Networks

OPTera Metro 3500 Multiservice Platform

Release 12.1 Planning and Ordering Guide—Part 1 of 2

Standard Issue 1 April 2004

What’s inside...

Overview Operation, administration, and maintenance (OAM) features Hardware feature descriptions

See Part 2 for the following...

Technical specifications Engineering rules Cable and connector details Shelf mounting guidelines Ordering information Terms and conditions Glossary

*A0549426*

The information contained herein is the property of Nortel Networks and is strictly confidential. Except as expressly authorized in writing by Nortel Networks, the holder shall keep all information contained herein confidential, shall disclose the information only to its employees with a need to know, and shall protect the information, in whole or in part, from disclosure and dissemination to third parties with the same degree of care it uses to protect its own confidential information, but with no less than reasonable care. Except as expressly authorized in writing by Nortel Networks, the holder is granted no rights to use the information contained herein.

Nortel Networks, the Nortel Networks logo, the Globemark, OPTera, and Preside are trademarks of Nortel Networks. ACE/Server, RSA, and SecurID are trademarks of RSA Security Inc Hewlett-Packard, HP, and HP-UX are trademarks of Hewlett-Packard Company. Microsoft, Windows, and Windows NT are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Solaris, Sun, Sun Blade, Sun Microsystems, and Ultra are trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. SPARC is a trademark of SPARC International Inc. Telcordia, TIRKS, and NMA are trademarks of Telcordia Technologies, Inc. Pentium is a trademark of Intel Corporation.

Printed in Canada

iii

Contents 0

About this document ix

Supported software ix Supported hardware x Technical support and information xii

Overview 1-1

Network element overview 1-1 Release 12.1 features 1-4 Release 12.1 Hardware Compatibility Matrix 1-16 Supported configurations 1-19 Interworking 1-25 Supported upgrade paths 1-26

Operation, administration, and maintenance (OAM) features 2-1

Gigabit Ethernet Drop and Continue 2-3 Alarm provisioning 2-5

Alarm flow control 2-6 Environmental alarms 2-7 External controls 2-7 ACO switch — clearing audible alarms and performing lamp tests 2-7

Bandwidth management 2-7

Tributary, DWDM, BLSR, UPSR, and 1+1 linear point-to-point 2-8 BLSR 2-9 Connection editing 2-9 In-service traffic rollover 2-9

BLSR networks (2-fiber) 2-10

Protection 2-11 ’Infinite wait-to-restore’ parameter 2-12 BLSR Line Protection Oscillation Control 2-13 BLSR single span fiber cut scenario 2-13 BLSR nodal / multi-span failure scenario (involves squelching) 2-25 BLSR configurations 2-29 BLSR configuration and connection audit 2-30 Traffic flow over OC-48 BLSR 2-31 Traffic flow over OC-192 BLSR 2-32 Provisioning rules 2-34 OAM supported on BLSR 2-43

Channelized DS3 service (DS3VTx12 mapper) 2-44

Planning and Ordering Guide—Part 1 of 2 NTRN10AN Rel 12.1 Standard Iss 1 Apr 2004

iv Contents

Common Language Location Identifier 2-44 Connection ID 2-45 Consolidated load 2-45 Dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) 2-46

OMX module 2-48 Network sites 2-49

DWDM configurations 2-50 Facility attributes 2-54 Loopbacks 2-54

Terminal loopback 2-54

Facility loopback 2-54

Optical loopback 2-55 Network surveillance 2-58

Extended network processor (NPx) 2-58

Telemetry byte-oriented serial (TBOS) 2-59

Path trace 2-60

Section trace 2-61

TID address resolution protocol (TARP) 2-61 OPTera Packet Edge System (Resilient Packet Ring) - Ethernet 2-62

Connectors 2-62

Resilient packet ring (RPR) object 2-63

Optical Ethernet / Layer 2 (OE/L2) on OPTera Packet Edge System 2-64

RPR configuration alert 2-65

Auto save notification 2-65

NNI Filters increased to 2048 2-66 Optical Ethernet-Private Line (OE-PL) services using 10/100 Ethernet 2-66

2x100BT-P2P circuit pack 2-66

PPP over SONET 2-67

PPP and HDLC 2-67

Bridge Control Protocol 2-69

Network protection using UPSR, 1+1 linear and BLSR 2-69

OAMP support 2-70

Ethernet Operational Measurements 2-70 Optical Ethernet-Private Line (OE-PL) service using 2x1000 SX/LX OPE circuit

packs 2-71 Distributed multilink trunking 2-72 Bandwidth Reservation Protocol (BRP) 2-72 1024 TDIs on a mapped UNI 2-72

Optical Ethernet - Private Line (OE-PL) and Storage applications 2-73

2xGigE/FC-P2P circuit pack 2-73 Alarm management 2-74 Bandwidth management 2-84 Facility attributes 2-85 Ethernet Operational Measurements 2-90 Performance Monitoring 2-95 Fibre Channel Extended Reach 2-95 Generic Framing Procedure and Virtual Concatenation support 2-99

Optical interoperability of OPTera Metro 3500 2-102 Performance monitoring 2-102

SONET line, section, and path parameters 2-102 Threshold values 2-103

OPTera Metro 3500 Multiservice Platform NTRN10AN Rel 12.1 Standard Iss 1 Apr 2004

Retrieving performance monitoring counts 2-110 Physical PMs 2-111 Performance monitoring threshold crossing alerts (TCA) 2-114 TCAs 2-114 TCA summary alarms 2-114

Site Manager support 2-116

Preside Software Upgrade Management support 2-116

Preside Applications Platform and Multiservice MOA support 2-117 Protection switching 2-118

Protection hierarchy 2-119 Protection performance monitoring parameters for optical facilities 2-120

Security and administration 2-122

Local account user authentication 2-122 Local ‘challenge-response’ user authentication 2-123 Centralized Security Administration (CSA) 2-124 Centralized user administration and authentication through RADIUS 2-125 SecurID support 2-128 Secure storage of authentication data 2-128 Saving and restoring provisioning data 2-129 Local TL1 of provisioning data 2-129 Save and restore of shelf processor or span of control data to a remote

management entity through an IP connection 2-129 Application of TL1 commands from a TL1 script file 2-130 Security levels 2-130 Third Level 5 User Support/Increased NPx SOC visibility to 16 NEs 2-131 System identifier (SID) 2-131 Remote login 2-132 Multiple login sessions 2-132 Enhanced Intrusion Detection 2-133 Intrusion attempt handling 2-134 Password management 2-135 Customer managed networks 2-137 Security log audit trail 2-138 General Broadcast tool 2-139 Modifiable Login Banner 2-140

STS Managed DSM 2-142 Support for 12 DSM 2-146 Synchronization 2-146

Internal timing 2-147 External timing 2-147 Line timing 2-147 Timing modes 2-149 Stratum clocks 2-150 Synchronization hierarchy 2-150 Hierarchy violations 2-151 Timing loops 2-151 Building-integrated timing supply (BITS) 2-153 Network element synchronization modes 2-153 Timing sources and timing distribution 2-155 External timing reference input signals to STX and VTX-series circuit packs

2-156

Contents v

Planning and Ordering Guide—Part 1 of 2 NTRN10AN Rel 12.1 Standard Iss 1 Apr 2004

vi Contents

Synchronization-status messages 2-156 User-specified quality levels for timing sources 2-158 BITS output with VTX-series or STX-192 circuit packs 2-158 User-initiated synchronization switches 2-158

Test Access 2-160

Test Access Ports (TAPs) 2-161 Test access configurations 2-162 Monitoring test access 2-162 Split test access 2-165 Loss of association and auto recovery 2-167 User interface 2-168

Time of day synchronization 2-169 TL1 Changes to Cross Connect AID parameter 2-172 TL1 event exerciser 2-173 TL1 event / log feature 2-173

Database change events 2-174 Log events 2-174 Inventory events 2-174 ATAG sequence numbers 2-175

Topology enhancements 2-175 VT management option on STX equipped OPTera Metro 3500 2-175

VT management on a UPSR 2-175 VT grooming on a UPSR 2-181 Collocated OPTera Metro 3000 NE and dedicated STS at each site 2-184 Collocated OPTera Metro 3000 NE and shared VT-managed STS 2-186 UPSR planning guidelines summary 2-189 General guidelines 2-189 Physical subtending rings 2-189 Virtual rings across the STS-managed OPTera Metro 3500 backbone

network 2-189 VT grooming at an STS-managed OPTera Metro 3500 site 2-189

Hardware feature descriptions 3-1

Extended Reach (ZX) Small Form Factor Pluggable (SFP) 3-3 OPTera Metro 3500 Shelf and the OPTera Metro 3500 Universal Shelf 3-4

Shelves equipped with VTX-48 or VTX-48e circuit packs 3-4 Shelves equipped with STX-192 circuit packs 3-5

Replaceable I/O modules 3-26 Common modules 3-37

Left OAM (LOAM) 3-37 Left interface (LIF) 3-38

OPTera Metro 3500 cooling unit assembly and cooling unit fan modules 3-40 Universal cooling unit assembly and cooling unit fan modules for extended

temperature applications 3-41 20 A (Universal) power module 3-42 OPTera Metro 3000 breaker interface panel (BIP) 3-42 OPTera Metro 3500 BIP (European deployment) 3-44 STX-192 circuit pack 3-51

Equipping rules 3-51

VTX-48 circuit pack 3-54

Equipping rules 3-55

OPTera Metro 3500 Multiservice Platform NTRN10AN Rel 12.1 Standard Iss 1 Apr 2004

VTX-48e circuit pack 3-55

Equipping rules 3-56

Extended shelf processor (SPx) 3-56

TL1 sessions 3-56 Alarms and TBOS 3-57 Reset button 3-57 Section data communication channel (SDCC) 3-57 Equipping rules 3-57

Extended network processor (NPx) 3-57

TL1 sessions 3-58 Alarms and provisioning data 3-58 Reset button 3-58 Equipping rules 3-59

ILAN interface 3-59

Equipping rules 3-59

OC-192 optical interface circuit pack 3-59

STS-1 path trace for OC-192 3-60 Section trace for OC-192 3-60 Section data communication channel (SDCC) 3-60 Forward Error Correction (FEC) 3-60 Equipping rules 3-62 OC-192 protection switching 3-62

OC-192 DWDM G.709 FEC optical interface circuit pack 3-64

Section data communication channel (SDCC) 3-64 Forward Error Correction (FEC) 3-64 Equipping rules 3-65

OC-48 optical interface circuit pack 3-65

STS-1 path trace for OC-48 3-65 Section trace for OC-48 3-66 Section data communication channel (SDCC) 3-66 Equipping rules 3-66 OC-48 protection switching 3-67

OC-48 STS optical interface circuit pack 3-68

STS-1 path trace for OC-48 3-69 Section trace for OC-48 3-69 Section data communication channel (SDCC) 3-69 Equipping rules 3-70 OC-48 protection switching 3-70

OC-48 DWDM circuit pack 3-71

Section data communication channel (SDCC) 3-71 Equipping rules 3-72

OC-12 optical interface circuit pack 3-72

Equipping rules 3-73 OC-12 Protection switching 3-73 Section data communication channel (SDCC) 3-74

OC12x4 STS IR optical interface circuit pack 3-75

Multimode Interworking 3-75 Equipping rules 3-76 Section data communication channel (SDCC) 3-77

OC-3 optical interface circuit pack 3-77

Equipping rules 3-78

Contents vii

Planning and Ordering Guide—Part 1 of 2 NTRN10AN Rel 12.1 Standard Iss 1 Apr 2004

viii Contents

OC-3 Protection switching 3-78 Section data communication channel (SDCC) 3-79

OC-3x4 optical interface circuit pack 3-80

Multimode Interworking 3-80 Equipping rules 3-81 Section data communication channel (SDCC) 3-82

EC-1x3 circuit pack 3-82

Equipping rules 3-83 Protection switching 3-83 Section data communication channel (SDCC) 3-83

EC-1x12 circuit pack 3-84

Equipping rules 3-84 Protection switching 3-85 Section data communication channel (SDCC) 3-85

DS1 mapper 3-86

Equipping rules 3-86

DS3x3 mapper 3-87

Equipping rules 3-87 Protection switching 3-88

DS3x12 / DS3x12e mapper 3-89

Equipping rules 3-89

DS3VTx12 mapper 3-90

Equipping rules 3-91 DS3/VT protection switching 3-91

2x100BT-P2P circuit pack 3-91

Equipping rules 3-92

OPTera Packet Edge System 4x100BT circuit pack 3-94

Equipping rules 3-94

OPTera Packet Edge System 4x100FX circuit pack 3-96

Equipping rules 3-96

OPTera Packet Edge System 2xGigE (2x1000SX, 2x1000LX) circuit pack 3-97

Equipping rules 3-97

2xGigabit Ethernet/Fibre Channel - Point-to-Point circuit pack 3-98

Equipping rules 3-98

Protection switch controller (PSC) 3-100

Equipping rules 3-100

Protection switch extender (PSX) 3-101

Equipping rules 3-101 OMX + Fiber Manager 4CH 3-101 Enhanced OMX + Fiber Manager 4CH 3-102 OMX shelf (not required with OMX + Fiber Manager 4CH) 3-103

Equipping rules 3-103 Fiber Manager (not required with OMX + Fiber Manager 4CH) 3-104 DS1 service module (DSM) shelf 3-107

Equipping rules 3-107

Multiple IS 3-107 DSM DS1x84 termination module (TM) 3-111

Equipping rules 3-111

Protection switching 3-112

OPTera Metro 3500 Multiservice Platform NTRN10AN Rel 12.1 Standard Iss 1 Apr 2004

About this document 0

ATTENTION

This document is presented in two parts: Part 1 and Part 2. Each part has its own table of contents. The table of contents in Part 1 contain topics found in Part 1 only. The table of contents in Part 2 contain topics found in Part 2 only. Part 2 continues sequential chapter numbering from Part 1.

You are reading Part 1 of Nortel Networks OPTera Metro 3500 Multiservice Platform Release 12.1 Planning and Ordering Guide, NTRN10AN.

Part 1 of OPTera Metro 3500 Multiservice Platform Release 12.1 Planning and Ordering Guide, NTRN10AN covers a network element overview and new features in Release 12.1, operation, administration, and maintenance (OAM) features, and hardware description features.

Part 2 of OPTera Metro 3500 Multiservice Platform Release 12.1 Planning and Ordering Guide, NTRN10AN covers technical specifications, engineering rules, cable and connector details, shelf mounting guidelines, ordering information, terms and conditions, and a glossary.

Standards

The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) and the Electronics Industries Alliance (EIA) accepted RS-232 as a standard in 1997 and renumbered this standard as TIA/EIA-232. In this document, RS-232 is used to reflect current labels on the hardware and in the software for the OPTera Metro 3500 Multiservice Platform.

Supported software

This document supports the software release for OPTera Metro 3500 Release

12.1.

Planning and Ordering Guide—Part 1 of 2 NTRN10AN Rel 12.1 Standard Iss 1 Apr 2004

x About this document

Supported hardware

This document supports the OPTera Metro 3500 shelves (NTN476AA, NTN476DA) and the Universal OPTera Metro 3500 shelf (NTN476AH).

Note: The OPTera Metro 3500 shelf NTN476AA must be upgraded using the power module and cooling upgrade kit (NTN458MW) to support OC-192 optical interfaces.

Hardware naming conventions

The following naming conventions are used throughout this document to identify the OPTera Metro 3500 hardware:

• The extended shelf processor (SPx) is referred to as the shelf processor.

• The extended network processor (NPx) is referred to as the network

processor.

Audience

The following members of your company are the intended audience of this Nortel Networks technical publication (NTP):

• planners

• provisioners

• network administrators

• transmission standards engineers

OPTera Metro 3500 Multiservice Platform NTRN10AN Rel 12.1 Standard Iss 1 Apr 2004

OPTera Metro 3500 NTP library

Shelf Setup

About the

OPTera Metro 3500

NTP Library

(323-1059-090)

Planning and

Ordering Guide

(NTRN10AN)

Network

Interworking Guide

(NTCA68CA)

OPTera Metro 3500

Network

InteroperabilityGuide

(NTRN16AA)

Installation

(323-1059-201)

Commissioning (323-1059-210)

System Testing (323-1059-222)

TL1 ReferenceGuides and

TL1 Reference (323-1059-190)

Operations,

Administration

and Provisioning

System

Reconfiguration

(323-1059-224)

Security and

Administration

(323-1059-302)

Provisioning

Synchronization

(323-1059-310)

Protection

Switching

(323-1059-311)

Bandwidth

Management

(323-1059-320)

Provisioning

Equipment and

Facilities

(323-1059-350)

Maintenance

Performance

Monitoring

(323-1059-510)

Network

Surveillance

(323-1059-520)

Alarm and

Trouble Clearing

(323-1059-543)

About this document xi

EX1541p

Supporting documentation for the OPTera Metro 3500 Library

Change Application

Procedures

(CAPs)

Data

Communications

Network Planning

Guide

(NTR710AM)

OPTera Metro

3000 series

DWDM Application

Guide

(NTRN12AA)

OPTera Packet Edge

System Planning

Guide

(NTRN10YK)

OPTera Packet Edge

System Network

Applications and

Management

(NTRN11YK)

OPTera Packet Edge

System User Guide

(NTN465YG)

Site Manager

Planning and

Installation Guide,

Rel 6.0

(NTNM35FA)

Planning and Ordering Guide—Part 1 of 2 NTRN10AN Rel 12.1 Standard Iss 1 Apr 2004

xii About this document

Technical support and information

For technical support and information from Nortel Networks, refer to the following table.

Technical Assistance Service

For service-affecting problems:

For 24-hour emergency recovery or software upgrade support, that is, for:

• restoration of service for equipment that has been carrying traffic and is out of service

• issues that prevent traffic protection switching

• issues that prevent completion of software upgrades

For non-service-affecting problems:

For 24-hour support on issues requiring immediate support or for 14-hour support (8 a.m. to 10 p.m. EST) on upgrade notification and non-urgent issues.

Global software upgrade support: North America:

North America:

1-800-4NORTEL (1-800-466-7835)

International:

001-919-992-8300

North America:

1-800-4NORTEL (1-800-466-7835)

Note:

code (ERC). To determine the ERC, see our corporate Web site at www.nortelnetworks.com. Click on the Express Routing Codes link.

International:

Varies according to country. For a list of telephone numbers, see our corporate Web site at www.nortelnetworks.com. Click on the Contact Us link.

1-800-4NORTEL (1-800-466-7835)

International:

Varies according to country. For a list of telephone numbers, see our corporate Web site at www.nortelnetworks.com. Click on the Contact Us link.

You require an express routing

OPTera Metro 3500 Multiservice Platform NTRN10AN Rel 12.1 Standard Iss 1 Apr 2004

1-1

Overview 1-

Network element overview

The Nortel Networks OPTera Metro 3500 network element is a multiservice platform offering dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) with a wide variety of services: DS1, DS3, Channelized DS3, EC-1, OC-3, OC-12, OC-48, OC-192, 10/100BASE-T Ethernet, 100BASE-FX Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet and Fibre Channel.

OPTera Metro 3500 is a next generation SONET multiservice platform. It provides full OC-192 connectivity to customer premise locations.

On the physical layer (layer 1), an OPTera Metro 3500 network can be configured as a unidirectional path-switched ring (UPSR), a 1+1 linear configuration, a 2-fiber bidirectional line-switched ring (BLSR), or as an unprotected fiber optic run.

On the data link layer (layer 2), an OPTera Metro 3500 network can be configured as an OPTera Packet Edge ring with layer 2 protection, in accordance with Resilient Packet Rings (RPR) currently being defined by the IEEE 802.17 working group.

OPTera Metro Release 12.0 introduced a new STX-192 switch matrix circuit pack. The STX-192 circuit pack is a fully non-blocking STS switch matrix and clocking module providing switching capability for 40 Gbit/s. The STX-192 provides support for 10 Gbit/s links to the line slots 11 and 12 and up to 2.5 Gbit/s links to slots 3 through 10.

For STX based configurations, the OPTera Metro 3500 is optimized for broadband services, namely Gigabit Ethernet, Storage Area Networking, and switched Ethernet services using Resilient Packet Ring. When configured for STX based configurations, the platform supports full TDM services as well, with full fill OC12 and OC48 densities. Furthermore, DS1 services are still possible via the DS1 Service Module (DSM). For STX based configurations where VT1.5 level management is required, a dual node configuration can be used where by a VTX based OPTera Metro 3500 is subtended from a STX based OPTera Metro 3500. Both nodes are managed via Site Manager, which provides end-to-end connection management capability.

Planning and Ordering Guide—Part 1 of 2 NTRN10AN Rel 12.1 Standard Iss 1 Apr 2004

1-2 Overview

Figure 1-1 OPTera Metro 3500 slot assignments (STX-192 installed in shelf)

Slot 3 Slot 4 Slot 5 Slot 6 Slot 7 Slot 8 Slot 9 Slot 10

I/O module slots

LOAM

EX1470p

Empty

Tributary

(See Note)

OC-48 STS or OC-192

Pwr B Pwr A LIF

Slot 1

Slot 2

Slot 4

Slot 3

Note:

The OC-48 STS circuit pack is a single-width circuit pack.

Slot 6

Slot 5

Slot 7

Slot 9

Slot 8

Slot 10

Slot 11

Slot 12

STX-192

Slot 13

SPx

STX-192

Slot 15

Slot 14

Empty

NPx or ILAN

Slot 17

Slot 16

For VTX based configurations, the OM3500 is optimized for OC48 based TDM and Optical Ethernet applications, supporting full densities for all TDM services. Furthermore, with the completely non-blocking VT1.5 switch matrix, the platform is ideally suited for hybrid digital cross connect and add/drop multiplexer applications.

OPTera Metro 3500 Multiservice Platform NTRN10AN Rel 12.1 Standard Iss 1 Apr 2004

Figure 1-2 OPTera Metro 3500 slot assignments (VTX-48/VTX-48e installed in shelf)

Slot 3 Slot 4 Slot 5 Slot 6 Slot 7 Slot 8 Slot 9 Slot 10

I/O module slots

LOAM

Pwr B Pwr A LIF

PSC

Tributary

OC-48 or OC-12

(See Note)

OC-48 or OC-12

VTX-48

SPx

NPx or ILAN

Overview 1-3

EX1040p

PSX

Slot 1

Slot 2

Slot 4

Slot 3

Note:

The OC-12 circuit pack is a single-width circuit pack.

Slot 6

Slot 5

Slot 7

Slot 9

Slot 8

Slot 10

Slot 11

Slot 12

Slot 13

Slot 14

Slot 16

Slot 15

Slot 17

Planning and Ordering Guide—Part 1 of 2 NTRN10AN Rel 12.1 Standard Iss 1 Apr 2004

1-4 Overview

Release 12.1 features

The Release 12.1 OPTera Metro 3500 system offers the following new and enhanced features:

• Gigabit Ethernet Drop and Continue support on 2xGigE/FC-P2P interface

• Support for extended reach (ZX) small-form factor pluggable (SFP)

This document describes the applications and functionality available in Release 12.1. See the following chapters for more detail:

• Chapter 1, Overview, gives a high level description of what is supported in this release.

• Chapter 2, Operation, administration, and maintenance (OAM) features, gives a high level description of OAM&P functionality.

• Chapter 3, Hardware feature descriptions, describes both shelves and their components.

• Chapter 4, Technical specifications (in Part 2 of this guide), lists the technical specifications for all circuit packs and equipment.

• Chapter 5, Engineering rules (in Part 2 of this guide), lists special engineering rules for interworking, DWDM, and Preside.

• Chapter 6, Cable and connector details (in Part 2 of this guide), lists the cables and components used on the shelf.

• Chapter 7, Shelf mounting guidelines (in Part 2 of this guide), describes typical installations.

• Chapter 8, Ordering information (in Part 2 of this guide), provides procedures and tables to simplify the ordering process.

• Chapter 9, Terms and conditions (in Part 2 of this guide), provides contacts to set up an order.

See Table 1-1 for a complete list of supported features in Release 12.1.

Table 1-1 Feature compatibility for Release 12.1

Feature Supported on

platforms with VTX-series circuit packs

Network configurations

Bidirectional line switched ring (BLSR) (2-fiber) at OC-192 rate No Yes

Bidirectional line switched ring (BLSR) (2-fiber) at OC-48 rate Yes No

Supported on platforms with STX circuit packs

BLSR with linear spur Yes Yes

BLSR with subtending UPSR Yes Yes

OPTera Metro 3500 Multiservice Platform NTRN10AN Rel 12.1 Standard Iss 1 Apr 2004

Table 1-1 (continued) Feature compatibility for Release 12.1

Overview 1-5

Feature Supported on

platforms with VTX-series

Supported on platforms with STX circuit packs

circuit packs

Uni-directional Path switched Ring at OC3, OC-12, OC-48 or OC-192 rates

Yes

except OC-192

Yes

Dual-homed subtending rings (on UPSR) Yes Yes

Linear add/drop multiplexer OC-3, and OC-12, OC-48, and OC-192 rates

Linear point-to-point at OC-3, OC-12, OC-48, and OC-192 rates

Yes

except OC-192

Yes

except OC-192

Yes

except OC-192

Yes

Matched nodes (on UPSR) Yes Yes

Mixed RPR and TDM traffic over BLSR Yes Yes

Mixed RPR and TDM traffic over UPSR (and above UPSR

Yes Yes

variants)

Optical hubbing Yes Yes

Path-in-line (virtual ring) (across UPSR or BLSR) Yes Yes

RPR over BLSR (working and protection channels) Yes Yes

RPR over UPSR (and above UPSR variants) Yes Yes

Single-homed subtending rings (on UPSR) Yes Yes

UPSR to non-OPTera Metro 3500 BLSR interconnection Yes Yes

In-service reconfigurations

Adding a network element to an OC-48 or OC-192 BLSR Yes

except OC-192

Adding a network element to a UPSR Yes

Yes

except OC-48

Yes

except OC-192

Adding an OMX shelf to an in-service DWDM network Yes Yes

Adding an OPTera Metro 3500 network element to an OC-48

Yes Yes

UPSR over DWDM

Adding an OPTera Metro 3500 network element to an OC-48

Yes No

BLSR over DWDM

Converting an OC-48 UPSR to an OC-48 UPSR over DWDM Yes Yes

Converting an OC-48 BLSR to an OC-48 BLSR over DWDM Yes No

Planning and Ordering Guide—Part 1 of 2 NTRN10AN Rel 12.1 Standard Iss 1 Apr 2004

1-6 Overview

Table 1-1 (continued) Feature compatibility for Release 12.1

Feature Supported on

platforms with VTX-series

Supported on platforms with STX circuit packs

circuit packs

Converting an OC-48 linear point-to-point network to an

Yes Yes

OC-48 linear point-to-point network over DWDM

Adding an OPTera Metro 3500 network element to an OC-192

No Yes

UPSR over DWDM

Converting an OC-192 UPSR to an OC-192 UPSR over

No Yes

DWDM

Converting an OC-192 linear point-to-point network to an

No Yes

OC-192 linear point-to-point network over DWDM

Converting a UPSR to a BLSR Yes

See Note 3

Converting a 1+1 linear point-to-point configuration to a

Yes Yes

Yes

See Note 3

2-node UPSR

Converting a 2-node UPSR to a 1+1 linear point-to-point

Yes Yes

configuration

Moving a synchronization boundary Yes Yes

Removing a network element from an OC-48 or OC-192 BLSR Yes

except OC-192

Yes

except OC-48

Removing a network element from a UPSR Yes Yes

Removing an OPTera Metro 3500 network element from an

Yes No

OC-48 BLSR over DWDM

Removing an OPTera Metro 3500 network element from an

Yes Yes

OC-48 UPSR over DWDM

Replacing a DS3x3 mapper with a DS3x12 / DS3x12e mapper Yes Yes

Replacing an EC-1x3 circuit pack with an EC-1x12 circuit pack Yes Yes

Replacing the ILAN circuit pack with a network processor Yes Yes

Replacing the network processor with an ILAN circuit pack Yes Yes

Upgrading a fiber span from an OC-3 to an OC-12 rate

Yes Yes

(See Note 2)

Upgrading a fiber span from an OC-12 to an OC-48 rate

Yes Yes

(See Note 2)

OPTera Metro 3500 Multiservice Platform NTRN10AN Rel 12.1 Standard Iss 1 Apr 2004

Table 1-1 (continued) Feature compatibility for Release 12.1

Overview 1-7

Feature Supported on

platforms with VTX-series

Supported on platforms with STX circuit packs

circuit packs

Upgrading a fiber span from an OC-48 to an OC-192 rate No Yes

See Note 3

Converting a VT-assigned BLSR connection to a Full VT

Yes No

BLSR connection

Converting a Full VT BLSR connection to a VT-assigned

Yes No

BLSR connection

Services

DS1 Yes Yes

DS3 Yes Yes

DS3 (Channelized) Yes No

EC-1 Yes Yes

OC-3 Yes Yes

OC-12 Yes Yes

OC-48 Yes Yes

OC-192 No Yes

Optical Ethernet - Private Line service using 10/100 Ethernet Yes Yes

Optical Ethernet - Private Line using Gigabit Ethernet Yes Yes

full rate support

OPTera Packet Edge System

Yes Yes

See:

• OPTera Metro 3000 OPTera Packet Edge System User Guide (NTN465YG)

• OPTera Packet Edge System Planning Guide (NTRN10YK)

• OPTera Packet Edge System Network Applications and

Management (NTRN11YK)

Resilient Packet Ring (RPR) Yes Yes

Storage Network (Fibre Channel (FC100) & FICON) Yes Yes

Test Access Electrical and Optical TAPS (monitor and split

Yes Yes

states)

Hardware (See Note 2)

Planning and Ordering Guide—Part 1 of 2 NTRN10AN Rel 12.1 Standard Iss 1 Apr 2004

1-8 Overview

Table 1-1 (continued) Feature compatibility for Release 12.1

Feature Supported on

platforms with VTX-series

Supported on platforms with STX circuit packs

circuit packs

OPTera Metro 3500 Shelf Assembly (NTN476AA) Yes Yes

See Note 4

OPTera Metro 3500 Shelf Assembly (NTN476DA) Yes Yes

OPTera Metro 3500 Universal Shelf Assembly (NTN476AH) Yes Yes

2x100BT-P2P circuit pack (NTN433AA) Yes Yes

4x100FX (NTN4333EA, NTN433FA) Yes Yes

4x100BT (NTN433BB) Yes Yes

2x1000SX (NTN438AA) Yes Yes

2x1000LX (NTN438BA) Yes Yes

2xGigE/FC-P2P (NTN438DA) Yes Yes

1000-BaseSX 850 nm SFP (NTTP51AA) Yes Yes

1000-BaseLX 1310 nm SFP (NTTP51BD) Yes Yes

1000-BaseZX 1550 nm SFP (NTTP51DZ) Yes Yes

DS1 mapper (1:N protection) Yes No

DS1 service module (DSM) (up to 12 protected or unprotected

Yes Yes

DSM on an NE)

DS3 mapper

No No

See Note 5

DS3VTx12 mapper Yes No

DS3x12 mapper (1+1 protection) Yes Yes

DS3x12e mapper (1+1 protection) Yes Yes

DS3x3 mapper (1+1 protection) (NTN437AA) Yes Yes

DSM DS1x84 termination module (TM) Yes Yes

EC-1 circuit pack

No No

See Note 5

EC-1x12 circuit pack (1+1 protection) Yes Yes

EC-1x3 circuit pack (1+1 protection) (NTN436AA) Yes Yes

OPTera Metro 3500 Multiservice Platform NTRN10AN Rel 12.1 Standard Iss 1 Apr 2004

Table 1-1 (continued) Feature compatibility for Release 12.1

Overview 1-9

Feature Supported on

platforms with VTX-series circuit packs

OC-3 circuit pack in slots 11 and 12 (UPSR, 1+1 linear

No No

point-to-point and 1+1 linear ADM)

OC-3 circuit pack in slots 3 through 10 (UPSR, 1+1 linear

Yes Yes

point-to-point and 1+1 linear ADM)

OC-3x4 circuit pack in slots 11 and 12 (UPSR, 1+1 linear

No No

point-to-point and 1+1 linear ADM)

OC-3x4 circuit pack in slots 3 through 10 (UPSR, 1+1 linear

Yes Yes

point-to-point and 1+1 linear ADM)

OC-12 circuit pack in slots 11 and 12 (UPSR, 1+1 linear

Yes No

point-to-point and 1+1 linear ADM)

OC-12 circuit pack in slots 3 through 10 (UPSR, 1+1 linear

Yes Yes

point-to-point and 1+1 linear ADM)

OC-12x4 STS circuit pack in slots 11 and 12 (UPSR, 1+1

No No

linear point-to-point and 1+1 linear ADM)

OC-12x4 STS circuit pack in slots 3 through 10 (UPSR, 1+1

No Yes

linear point-to-point and 1+1 linear ADM)

Supported on platforms with STX circuit packs

OC-48 circuit pack in slots 11 and 12 (BLSR, UPSR, 1+1 linear point-to-point)

OC-48 circuit pack in slots 3 through 10 (UPSR, 1+1 linear point-to-point)

OC-48 STS circuit pack in slots 3 to 12 (UPSR, 1+1 linear point-to-point)

OC-48 DWDM circuit pack in slots 11 and 12 (BLSR, UPSR, 1+1 linear point-to-point)

OC-48 DWDM circuit pack in slots 3 through 10 (UPSR, 1+1 linear point-to-point)

OC-192 circuit pack in slots 11 and 12 (BLSR, UPSR, 1+1 linear point-to-point)

OC-192 circuit pack in slots 3 through 10 (UPSR, 1+1 linear point-to-point)

STM-0 optical interface (1+1 protection) (in J-SDH mode) See Note 5

Planning and Ordering Guide—Part 1 of 2 NTRN10AN Rel 12.1 Standard Iss 1 Apr 2004

Yes No

No No

No Yes

Yes No

No No

No Yes

No No

1-10 Overview

Table 1-1 (continued) Feature compatibility for Release 12.1

Feature Supported on

platforms with VTX-series

Supported on platforms with STX circuit packs

circuit packs

STM-1 optical interface (1+1 protection) (in J-SDH mode)

No No

See Note 5

STM-1x4 optical interface (in J-SDH mode)

Yes Yes

(in Slots 3 through 10)

Intershelf LAN (ILAN) circuit pack Yes Yes

Network Processor circuit pack (NP circuit pack) (NTN422AA)

No No

See Note 5

Network Processor circuit pack - extended (NPx circuit pack)

Yes Yes

(NTN424Bx)

Shelf Processor circuit pack - terminal (SP circuit pack)

No No (NTN420AA) See Note 5

Shelf Processor circuit pack - enhanced (SPe circuit pack)

No No (NTN421BA) See Note 5

Shelf Processor circuit pack - extended (SPx circuit pack)

Yes Yes

(NTN423Bx)

OMX shelf Yes Yes

Performance monitoring

DS1 line and path Yes Yes

See Note 6

DS1e far-end line and path Yes Yes

See Note 6

DS1e far-end line and path with F bit generation Yes Yes

See Note 6

DS3 line and path Yes Yes

DS3/VT line and path Yes No

EC-1 section and line Yes Yes

Path PMs on DS3x12e circuit pack Yes Yes

OC-12 section and line Yes Yes

OC-3 section and line Yes Yes

OPTera Metro 3500 Multiservice Platform NTRN10AN Rel 12.1 Standard Iss 1 Apr 2004

Table 1-1 (continued) Feature compatibility for Release 12.1

Overview 1-11

Feature Supported on

platforms with VTX-series

Supported on platforms with STX circuit packs

circuit packs

OC-48 section and line Yes Yes

OC-192 section and line No Yes

Physical performance monitoring for OC-48 DWDM ER and

Yes No

ELR circuit pack-receiver

Physical performance monitoring for OC-48 STS and OC-192

No Yes circuit pack-receiver

STM-0 section and line (in J-SDH mode)

No No See Note 5

STM-1 section and line (in J-SDH mode)

Yes Yes

See Note 5

STS-1 path Yes Yes

STS-3c path Yes Yes

STS-12c path

Yes Yes

See Note 7

STS-24c path No Yes

STS48c path No Yes

Ethernet Operational Measurements Yes Yes

Security and administration

User account creation Yes Yes

Network element / network processor naming Yes Yes

Time zone, date and time setting Yes Yes

Maintenance and updating of accounts and network element

Yes Yes

parameters

Intrusion attempt handling on the SPx and NPx Yes Yes

Password management on the SPx and NPx Yes Yes

Customer managed networks on the SPx and NPx Yes Yes

Security log / audit trail Yes Yes

Multiple authentication methods Yes Yes

Planning and Ordering Guide—Part 1 of 2 NTRN10AN Rel 12.1 Standard Iss 1 Apr 2004

1-12 Overview

Table 1-1 (continued) Feature compatibility for Release 12.1

Feature Supported on

platforms with VTX-series

Supported on platforms with STX circuit packs

circuit packs

Challenge / Response authentication Yes Yes

Centralized authentication through a RADIUS server Yes Yes

Third span of control surveillance Yes Yes

General Broadcast tool Yes Yes

Bandwidth management

In-service traffic rollover for TDM traffic Yes Yes

In-service traffic rollover for RPR traffic No No

STS-1 traffic Yes Yes

STS-3c traffic Yes Yes

STS-12c traffic Yes Yes

STS-24c traffic No Yes

STS-48c traffic No Yes

STS-48c, STS24c, STS-12c, STS-3c, STS-1 time slot assignment (TSA) on pass-through nodes on BLSR

STS-48c, STS-24c, STS-12c, STS-3c, STS-1, VT1.5 broadcast on 1+1 linear, UPSR

STS-48c, STS-24c, STS-12c, STS-3c, STS-1, VT1.5 drop-and-continue on 1+1 linear, UPSR

STS48c, STS-24c, STS-12c, STS-3c, STS-1, VT1.5 drop-and-continue on BLSR

STS-48c, STS-24c, STS-12c, STS-3c, STS-1, VT1.5 hairpinning

STS-48c, STS-24c, STS-12c,STS-3c, STS-1, VT1.5 time slot assignment (TSA) on 1+1 linear, UPSR

STS-48c, STS-24c, STS-12c, STS-3c, STS-1, VT1.5 time slot assignment (TSA) on add/drop nodes on BLSR

Yes

except STS24c &

STS-48c

Yes

except STS24c &

STS-48c

Yes

except STS24c &

STS-48c

No No

Yes

except STS24c &

STS-48c

Yes

except STS24c &

STS-48c

Yes

except STS-48c

Yes

except VT1.5

Yes

except VT1.5

Yes

VT1.5

Yes

VT1.5

Yes

VT1.5

OPTera Metro 3500 Multiservice Platform NTRN10AN Rel 12.1 Standard Iss 1 Apr 2004

Table 1-1 (continued) Feature compatibility for Release 12.1

Overview 1-13

Feature Supported on

platforms with VTX-series

Supported on platforms with STX circuit packs

circuit packs

STS-48c, STS-24c, STS-12c, STS-3c, STS-1, VT1.5 time slot interchange (TSI) on 1+1 linear, UPSR

Yes

except STS24c &

Yes

VT1.5

STS-48c

STS-48c, STS-24c, STS-12c, STS-3c, STS-1, VT1.5 time slot interchange (TSI) on BLSR

Yes

except STS24c &

Yes

VT1.5

STS-48c

TU11, TU21, AU32, AU4 cross-connects (in J-SDH mode) Yes Yes

supports AU32

and AU4

VT1.5/ time slot assignment (TSA) on pass-through nodes on

Yes No

BLSR

VT6 cross-connects (in J-SDH mode) Yes No

Miscellaneous

6.312-MHz clock (in J-SDH mode) Yes Yes

Alarm provisioning Yes Yes

Composite clock timing (in J-SDH mode) Yes Yes

Consolidated load Yes Yes

DS1 ESF BITS synchronization status messaging Yes Yes

DS1 automatic in-service (AINS) Yes Yes

DS1 loopback Yes No

DS3 automatic in-service (AINS) on T3 facilities Yes Yes

DS3 loopback Yes Yes

DS3/VT automatic in-service (AINS) on T3 facilities Yes No

External building-integrated timing supply (BITS) input/output Yes Yes

Full TARP Yes Yes

Hitless timing reference switching Yes Yes

Independent synchronization and bandwidth management

Yes Yes

switching

Mixed tributaries Yes Yes

Planning and Ordering Guide—Part 1 of 2 NTRN10AN Rel 12.1 Standard Iss 1 Apr 2004

1-14 Overview

Table 1-1 (continued) Feature compatibility for Release 12.1

Feature Supported on

platforms with VTX-series

Supported on platforms with STX circuit packs

circuit packs

NP/SP version checking Yes Yes

OC-3 1+1 high speed exerciser Yes Yes

OC-12 1+1 high-speed exerciser Yes Yes

OC-48 1+1 high-speed exerciser Yes Yes

OC-192 1+1 high-speed exerciser No Yes

Optical Facility loopbacks for OC-3, OC-12, EC1x12, OC-3x4, STM-1x4, OC-12x4 STS, OC-48, OC-48 STS, OC-192,

Yes

except OC-192

Yes

2xGigE/FC-P2P

Optical Terminal loopbacks for OC-3, OC-12, EC1x12, OC-3x4, STM-1x4, OC-12x4 STS, OC-48, OC-48 STS,

Yes

except OC-192

Yes

except OC-192

OC-192, 2xGigE/FC-P2P

OSI 7 layer Yes Yes

Path trace Yes Yes

Site Manager Rel 6.0.1

Yes Yes

See Note 8

Remote save and restore Yes Yes

S1 byte synchronization status messaging Yes Yes

Section trace Yes Yes

Shelf timing (internal, line/loop, tributary, external) Yes Yes

Stratum 3 internal clock Yes Yes

SP spare management enhancements Yes Yes

SSbit functionality at OC-3, OC-12, OC-48 and OC-192 rates Yes

Yes

except OC-192

STS-1 path trace for DS3, OC-3, OC-12, OC-48 and OC-192 Yes

except OC-192

Yes

See Note 9

OPTera Metro 3500 Multiservice Platform NTRN10AN Rel 12.1 Standard Iss 1 Apr 2004

Table 1-1 (continued) Feature compatibility for Release 12.1

Overview 1-15

Feature Supported on

platforms with VTX-series

Supported on platforms with STX circuit packs

circuit packs

Time of day synchronization Yes Yes

VT1.5 group alarm Yes No

Note 1:

See Table 1-2 on page 1-16 for a list of optical circuit packs supported by each STX and

VTX-series circuit packs.

Note 2:

See Table 1-2 on page 1-16 for a list of optical circuit packs supported by each STX and

VTX-series circuit packs.

Note 3:

Note 4:

This is an out-of service procedure.

The OPTera Metro 3500 Shelf assembly (NTN476AA) must be upgraded using power module

and cooling upgrade kit (NTN458MW) to support OC-192 optical interfaces.

Note 5:

This interface is below the hardware baseline for OPTera Metro Release 12.1 and it is not

supported.

Note 6:

DS1 PMs are available through DSM connected to OPTera Metro 3500 equipped with STX-192

circuit pack.

Note 7:

Supported on all new Release 12.1 circuit packs (OC12x4 STS, OC-48 STS and OC-192) along with all OC-48 circuit packs and selected OC-12 circuit packs (NTN404JA, NTN404KA, NTN404LA, NTN404MA).

Note 8:

Note 9:

Site Manager Release 6.0.1 is backward compatible to the following releases:

— OPTera Metro 3500 Releases 10.1, 10.3, 10.31, 11.01, 11.02, 12.0 and 12.1 — OPTera Metro 3300/3400 Releases 9.12, 11.11 and 11.12

— OPTera Metro 3100 Release 4.01 and 4.02

For OPTera Metro 3500 equipped with STX-192 circuit packs (STS-managed), path trace must be monitored on the path terminating equipment such as DSM module, DS3, 2x100BT- P2P, 2xGigGE/FC circuit packs.

Planning and Ordering Guide—Part 1 of 2 NTRN10AN Rel 12.1 Standard Iss 1 Apr 2004

1-16 Overview

Release 12.1 Hardware Compatibility Matrix

For a list of supported electrical and optical interfaces by STX and VTX-series circuit packs in Release 12.1, see Table 1-2.

Table 1-2 Hardware Compatibility Matrix for Release 12.1

Card Type Supported on

platform with

STX- 192

circuit packs

OC-192 Yes No • Dual slot circuit packs

OC-48 STS Yes No • Single slot circuit packs

OC-48 No Yes • Dual slot circuit packs

OC-12x4 STS Yes No • Single slot circuit packs

Supported on

platforms with

VTX-series

circuit packs

Notes

supported in slots 11 and 12.

• Supported only with STX-192 circuit pack.

supported in slots 3 to

12.

• Supported only with STX-192 circuit pack.

supported in slots 11 and 12.

• Supported only with VTX-series circuit pack.

supported in slots 3 through 10.

• Supported with STX-192 circuit pack.

OC-12 Yes Yes • Single slot circuit packs

not supported in slots 11 and 12 with STX-192 or VTX-48 circuit packs.

• Single slot circuit packs supported in slots 3 through 10 with STX-192 or VTX-48 circuit packs.

• Single slot circuit packs supported in slots 3 through 12 with VTX-48e circuit pack.

OPTera Metro 3500 Multiservice Platform NTRN10AN Rel 12.1 Standard Iss 1 Apr 2004

Table 1-2 (continued) Hardware Compatibility Matrix for Release 12.1

Overview 1-17

Card Type Supported on

platform with

STX- 192

circuit packs

Supported on

platforms with

VTX-series

circuit packs

Notes

OC-3x4 Yes Yes Single slot circuit packs

supported in slots 3 through 10.

OC-3 Yes Yes • Single slot circuit packs

supported in slots 3 through 10.

STM-1x4 Yes Yes • Single slot circuit packs

supported in slots 3 through 10.

2xGigE/FC-P2P Yes Yes • Single slot circuit pack

supported in slots 3 through 10.

• Maximum bandwidth of 12xSTS1 per card when equipped with VTX-series circuit packs.

• Maximum bandwidth of 2xSTS24 per card when equipped with STX-192 circuit packs.

2xGigE (OPE) Yes Yes • Dual slot circuit pack

supported in slots 3 through 10.

• Maximum bandwidth assignable to a RPR is STS12c with both VTX-series and STX-192 circuit packs.

4x100FX (OPE) Yes Yes • Single slot circuit pack

supported in slots 3 through 10.

• Maximum bandwidth assignable to a RPR is STS12c with both VTX-series and STX-192 circuit packs.

Planning and Ordering Guide—Part 1 of 2 NTRN10AN Rel 12.1 Standard Iss 1 Apr 2004

1-18 Overview

Table 1-2 (continued) Hardware Compatibility Matrix for Release 12.1

Card Type Supported on

platform with

STX- 192

circuit packs

Supported on

platforms with

VTX-series

circuit packs

Notes

4x100BT(OPE) Yes Yes • Single slot circuit pack

supported in slots 3 through 10.

• Maximum bandwidth assignable to a RPR is STS12c with both VTX-series and STX-192 circuit packs.

2x100BT-P2P (Private Lines)

Yes Yes • Single slot circuit pack

supported in slots 3 through 10.

EC-1x12 Yes Yes • Single slot circuit pack

supported in slots 3 through 10.

DS3x12 Yes Yes • Single slot circuit pack

supported in slots 3 through 10.

EC-1x3 Yes Yes • Single slot circuit pack

supported in slots 3 through 10.

DS3VTx12 No Yes • Single slot circuit pack

supported in slots 3 through 10.

DS3x3 Yes Yes • Single slot circuit pack

supported in slots 3 through 10.

12xDS1 No Yes • Single slot circuit pack

supported in slots 3 through 10.

84xDS1 (DSM) Yes Yes • Support for 12 DSM per

shelf.

• DSM is only STS-1 managed with STX-192.

OPTera Metro 3500 Multiservice Platform NTRN10AN Rel 12.1 Standard Iss 1 Apr 2004

+ 312 hidden pages